A blend of a Greek temple, Italian dome church and Blekinge log cabin

Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, a Swedish shipbuilder, constructed Skärva Manor in 1786. He enlisted the help of his close friend, Carl August Ehrensvärd, an artist and architect, to design it. Inspired by Ehrensvärd's trip to Italy, Chapman was later able to rebuild the cottage to its present original look with classicist features, including a portico with four Doric columns, a lantern on the central building body, and an octagonal dome hall modeled after the Pantheon in Rome. The main building, described as a crossing of a Greek temple, an Italian dome church, and a Blekinge log cabin, consists of five smaller constrictions that form an H.

The house was initially built as a farmhouse or southern Swedish cottage with red-tailed walls and peat roofs. In the main building, Chapman's private residence was south of the main entrance, and a Chinese cabinet, filled with watercolors and Chinese Junks, was placed in the south of the house. Upstairs, a smaller room, known as Chapman's chamber for work, can be accessed by a narrow staircase. The interior of this room is inspired by the sea and resembles a small quay, from where Chapman could see the naval city on the other side of Denmark's fjord. In the middle of the house, there is an octagonal dome hall, a variant of the Pantheon in Rome, where light flows from arcuate side windows and a roofed glass lantern.

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